The memoirs of Jack Close, Beyond the Horizon is split into three parts: the first explores his life growing up in Kingston-Upon-Hull in the 1930s, the second his role in Operation Overlord in 1945, and the third - the eponymous Beyond The Horizon - follows his postwar travels at sea. Close qualified as a Wireless Operator and joined H M Rescue Tugs in 1943, taking part in D-Day by towing sections of the Mulberry Harbours to Normandy. In 1945, he was involved in Operation Deadlight, sinking surrendered German submarines. After the war, Close sailed on trawlers out of Hull and Grimsby. He then spent several years on tramp steamers and tankers all over the world, travelling to, among others, America, Morocco, Japan, and France. This book contains photographs of Close and his family, as well as the boats he worked on over the years.